Today is an incredibly exciting day and one that many of you have been looking forward to as today we announced the availability of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview for download. As with several of our other big days in the past, I am putting up this post...

It has been quite an exciting past day and a half or so since the news broke about the availability of the Skype for Windows Phone Beta which is now available, as well as some other news and information regarding items such as: GroupMe and Skype Wifi...

Can you believe it? Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 (WPC12) is just around the corner. Woohoo! And today marks a great milestone on the journey towards Worldwide Partner Conference 2012: The opening of registration. I say it every year and I’ll say...

Connecting with our partners around the world is something we love to do here at Microsoft and as you know, Worldwide Partner Conference is a huge component of that. A few years ago we took that experience to a digital level by launching the Digital WPC...

When we launched the updated Microsoft Partner Network back in November of 2010 with the new competency structure and branding ( and retired the “Certified Partner” and “Gold Certified Partner” brands/logos ), one of the design benefits of this approach...

This week, Microsoft posted the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2012, which includes updates for products such as Windows, Internet Explorer, SharePoint, .Net Framework, Silverlight, and Office. This summary includes the following Bulletin...

This week, we will be bringing a new MSDN subscription administration experience to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center that will not only provide you with a new, improved look, but it will also provide a simplified and improved subscription...

Were you able to join us for the three MPN Live sessions that we hosted on February 9th from Toronto, Canada? If you weren’t (or even if you were and you want to see any of them again), I have some very good news for you… The replays are now available...

A couple of weeks ago, we broadcast the latest episode of MPN Live direct from our Microsoft Headquarters here in Redmond, Washington. Tomorrow we will be broadcasting the next round of MPN Live shows, three total, this time live from Toronto, Canada...

As you (should) recall, waaaaaaaay back in November of 2010 (my how time flies, doesn’t it?), the former “Microsoft Gold Certified Partner” and “Microsoft Certified Partner” brands were officially retired, put to rest, put out to pasture, however you...

At Microsoft, we take online safety very seriously. This spans across products, communications, education, awareness, and much more. To help people everywhere understand more about the potential threats that exist today, as well as steps you can take...

Yesterday we announced the availability of Kinect for Windows,now both from the hardware perspective as well as the SDK perspective. This is a very exciting announcement and will unlock a ton of potential for developers everywhere. I can’t wait to see...